Display and carrier carton



Aug. 16, 1966 M. A. lsoLDl 3,266,687

DISPLAY AND CARRIER CARTON Filed Dec. 30, 1964 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 F1@ l.F162.

MARK) A. lSOLDl KARL O `FLocr s ATTORNEY ug- 16, 1966 M. A. lsoLDl3,266,687

DISPLAY AND CARRIER CARTON Filed Deo. 30, 1964 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1 Y56668* 4 n f /-L r/f v 12 11 @e @7 f @7 f '11 -f 3? /53 HZA zz-H 52/ y',k: ,l lid [Illl 7o INVENTOR "A 19 l.; si* vf c' MARK) A SCLDl Si 16 A71 V KARL UJFCOCKS ATTORNEY United States Patent O 3,266,687 DISPLAY ANDCARRIER CARTGN Mario A. llsoltli, Brooklyn, NX., assignor to DiamondInternational Corporation, New York, NX., a corporation of DelawareFiled Dec. 30, 1964, Ser. No. 422,200 6 Claims. (Cl. 224-45) The presentinvention relates to a carton and more particularly to a carton fordisplay purposes adapted to stand on a shelf or hang on a rack.

Perhaps the outstanding advantage of the new carton -resides in theimproved carton arrangement, giving the carton a neat appearance and alarge billboard display area.

With the new arrangement it is possible to provide a carton that can bedisplayed by standing it on a shelf or counter or, alternatively, byhanging it on a display rack.

A further advantage is a structure on the carton of the presentinvention which is provided to function either as a hanging point or asa carrying handle.

A still further advantage is the convenient acc'ess to the product witha large opening exposing a good proportion of the product.

Other advantages of the present carton are the features which make ittamper-proof and necessitate the defacement of th'e carton in order toopen it.

An additional advantage is the construction forming a strong end walland easel which provides for superior stack-up strength and givesadditional side display area.

These, as well as further advantages which are inherent in the inventionwill become apparent from the following description, referenv'e beinghad to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 illustrates a plan view of the blank used to form the carton ofthe present invention;

FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, illustrate steps in folding the blank of FIG. 1 toform the carton of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the carton as used for display;

FIG. 6 is a vertical Cross section view of the upper part of the cartonalong line 6-6 of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross section vi'ew along line 7-7 of the upperpart of the carton of FIG. 5; and

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross section View along line 8-8 of FIG. 5.

First referring to FIG. l, a one-piece blank is produced from a suitablepaperboard material or the like as indicated generally at 1t) andcomprises a first top panel 11 having hingedly connected at a marginalfold line 12 an elongated rectangular side wall panel 13. At theopposite end of the side wall panel 13 there is hingedly connected bymarginal fold line 14 a rectangular bottom panel 15. An elongated narrowpanel 16 is attached along a long side on marginal fold line 17 to theopposite side of bottom panel 15. A second side wall panel 18 ofelongated rectangular shape and having somewheat the same area as firstside wall panel 13, has one of its ends hingedly attached at marginalfold lin'e 19 to the opposite long side of elongated narrow panel 16 andthe opposite end hingedly attached at marginal fold line 21 to a secondtop panel 22. An end panel 23 is hingedly attached at the opposite endof second top panel 22 at marginal fold line 24.

First top panel 11, first side wall panel 13, bottom panel 15, elongatednarrow panel 16, second side wall panel 18, s'econd top panel 22 and endpanel 23 which are hingedly 4connected in that order by mutuallyparallel `marginal fold lines 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, and 24 form anelongated rectangular form bounded on the short ends by free end margin31 on the outer edge of first top panel 11 and free end margin 32 ontire outer edge of end panel 23. The long sides of the elongatedrectangular form are bounded by free side margin 33 in colinearrelationship with segmental fold lines 34, 35, and 36 continuingtherefrom. Along the opposite edge of the elongated rectangular form inparallel relationship is free side margin 37 and segmental fold -lines38, 39, and 40 colinear to and extending free side margin 37.

Along the free end margin 31 of the first top wall panel 11 are locateda pair of locking tabs 51 hingedly attached thereto. When the carton isin erected condition as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5, with the top wallpanels disposed in overlapping relation, the locking tabs 51 may b'einserted within aligned tab receiving slots 52 located on fold line 21thereby maintaining the carton in assembled condition.

Closing panels 53 and 54 are hingedly attached on opposite sides ofsecond tap panel 22 at marginal fold lines 35 and 39 respectively. Afirst pair of securing panels and 56 are hingedly attached on oppositesides of end panel 23 rat marginal fold lines 36 and 40, respectively,and have their free edges 41 and 42 respectively colinear with free endmargin 32. The securing panels 55 and 56 are also hingedly attached onsides opposite and parallel to free edges 41 and 42 respectively toclosing panels 53 and 54 by marginal fold -lines 43 and 44,respectively, which are colinear with marginal fold line 24. In a likemanner securing panels 57 and 58 are hingedly connected to closingpanels 53 and 54 at marginal fold lines 45 and 46 which are colinearwith marginal fold line 21 and hinged-ly connected on their adjacentsides to second side walls panel 18 at segmental fold lines 34 and 38,respectively, which are colinear with marginal fold lines 35 and 39.

Each of securing panels 55, 56, 57, and 58, are somewhat L shaped andhave a triangular section defined by the fold line 43, 44, 45, or 46hingedly connecting the triangular section to a closing panel 53 or 54,and by a fold line at an acute angle to that respective fold line4.3-46. The third side -of `the triangular section is a free edgecolinear with either of free end margins 47 or 48 of closing panels 53and 54 respectively. Each of the securing panels 55-58 also includes aremaining portion hingedly connected at marginal fold lines 36, 40, 34,and 38 with an anchor tab portion 61-64, respectively, which extendsbeyond the contines of parallel free end margins 47 and 48.

Also, looped handles 66 and 67 are cut out of first and second toppanels 11 and 22, respectively, with intermediate aps 68 and 69respectively remaining even during formation of the carton in the planeof their respective top panel from which they are f-ormed.

When the carton 10 is to be formed in erected state an adhesive isapplied on elongated narrow panel 16 as shown in FIG. l, or in the`'alternative on a narrow strip on bottom panel 15 on the portionadjacent panel 16. Adhesive is also applied to anchor tabs 61-64 asshown in FIG. 1. lt is considerably easier to apply adhesive to thesetabs because of the projection of the tabs 61-64 further from the sidesof blank 10 than any other portions of the blank. Therefore a machineapplying adhesive in a straight line will not loverrun other parts ofthe blank.

After the application of adhesive the first folds are made as shown inFIG. 2. The elongated narrow panel 16 is folded over 180 on fold line 17so as to overlie bottom panel 15 while the upper portion of blank 10 isfolded outward on fold line 19 thereby retaining the substantially flatform shown in FIG. 2. Closing panel 53 with attached securing panels 55and 57 and 3 closing panel 54 with attached securing panels 56 and 58are folded inward 180' along their respective segmental fold lines 34-36and 38-40.

Erection of the carton is continued preferably with the pr-oduct such aspaper plates 70 inserted between side wall panels 13, 18 and bottompanel 1S. The product is not included in the showing of the steps informing the carton in FIGS. 3 and 4 yfor the sake of clarity but isshown in the completed assembly in FIG. 5 and in the cross-section viewof FIG. 8.

Continuing the forming of the carton, the end panel 23 is rotated 90inward on fold line 24 thereby causing closing panels 53 and 54 torotate 90 outward on fold lines 35 and 39, respectively. At the sametime the side wall panels 13 and 18 are raised perpendicular to bottompanel 15. As shown in FIG. 4, but with product 70 already inserted, theside wall panels are rotated toward each other and with handles 66 and67 raised from their respective top panels 11 and 22. With the top panel11 overlying top panel 22, the locking tabs 51 are inserted within tabreceiving slots 52 while intermediate llaps 68 slides laboveintermediate flap 69 into the opening in the handle 67. Intermediateflap 69 is now positioned to press against the under surface of toppanel 11 while the handles extend upwardly from the top in adjacentrelation to assume the position shown in FIG. 5 and in the verticalcross-section views of FIGS. 6, 7 and 8.

The carton is shown in finished form in FIG. 5 holding the product 70while standing on a counter or shelf 71 in a position for best displayof the product and advertising on the cart-on. Shown in dashed lines isa Wall attached hook 72 which is inserted through handles 66 and 67 tosupport the carton and product in a suspended position as an alternativeto standing on shelf 71.

FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate in detail in vertical cross section views theinterlocking of top panels 11 and 22 to form and hold the carton duringits use. The interlocking of handles 66 and 67 and the intermediate aps68 and 69 is shown in greater detail in FIG. 7.

FIG. 8, which is a vertical cross-section view along lines 8 8 of FIG.5, shows how the carton of the present form prevents the articles heldtherein from being removed. In order to rem-ove said articles the cartonmust be defaced and so there is a positive indication of any tamperingtherewith. The product 70 being of a circular shape is confined bybottom parle-l 15 and top panels 11 and 22 with closing panels 47 and 48extending downward just far enough to hold product 70 in place.

It should be noted that by this form of the carton the extended edgeformed by the overlap of narrow panel 16 with bottom panel 15 greatlyincreases the stability of the carton when used in an upright positionwhile standing on a shelf or counter.

A number of the fold lines are indicated in FIG. l as containingperforated slots therein in order to increase the ease of folding alongthese lines. Such ease of folding may be increased also by scoring alongfold lines and the type of fold line used is dependent on the thicknessof paperboard or similar material used and the preference of themanufacturer.

It will be obv-ious to those skilled in the art that various changes maybe made without departing from the spirit of the invention and thereforethe invention is not limited to what is shown in the drawings anddescribed in the specication but only as indicated in the appendedclaims.

What is claimed is:

1. A blank for forming a carton for display purposes comprising aone-piece elongated planar element including, in

order,

I'a top panel, a side wall panel, a bottom panel, an elongated narrowpanel, a second side wall panel, a second top panel, and an end panelconnected on mutually parallel fold lines,

said end panel including opposite side margins having a securing panelhingedly connected lat each of said side margins of said end panel,

said second top panel including opposite side margins having a closingpanel hingedly connected to each of said side margins of said second toppanel,

said second side wall panel at the end closest to said second top panelincluding opposite segmental side margins having hingedly connectedthereto an additional securing panel at each said segmental side marginsof said second top panel,

`and locking elements hingedly connected to the free end of said toppanel.

2. The blank as claimed in claim 1, further characterized by means forIreceiving said locking elements located on the `fold line connectingsaid second side wall panel and said second top panel.

3. The blank as cl-aimed in claim 2, further characterized by a loopedhandle structure cut in said top panel and said second top panel havingthe handle structure within the area of said top panels.

4. The blank as claimed in claim 2, further characterized by each ofsaid securing panels hingedly connected to an adjacent closing panel.

5. The blank as claimed in claim 2, further characterized by each ofsaid securing panels including an anchor tab projecting beyond the freemargin of said closing panel,

a triangular section formed by its having a hinged connection with aside of said closing panel and by a hinged connection with the remainderof said securing panel at an acute angle with the hinged connection withsaid closing panel.

6. A display carton supporting an article comprising a pair of side wallpanels,

a bottom panel connecting said side wall panels and extending beneath atleast one of said pair of side wall panels in the plane of said bottompanel,

a top panel hingedly connected to one of said pair of side wall panels,

closing panels extending across the sides of said top panel with thebottom edge of said closing panels `spaced above said bottom panelwhereby the display carton has open sides below said closing panels,

and an elongated narrow panel overlying said bottom panel and connectedAat a fold dening the bottom of one of said side wall panels and at afold defining an edge of said bottom Ipanel, and adhesively attached onits undersurface to said bottom panel.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,099,832 6/1914warren. 1,204,920 11/1916 Williamson. 1,814,816 7/1931 Appelbaum.3,156,403 11/1964 Goldstein 229-31 FOREIGN PATENTS 525,792 5/1956Canada.

GERALD M. FORLENZA, Primary Examiner.

F. W. WERNER, Assistant Examiner.

1. A BLANK FOR FORMING A CARTON FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES COMPRISING AONE-PIECE ELONGATED PLANAR ELEMENT INCLUDING, IN ORDER, A TOP PANEL, ASIDE WALL PANEL, A BOTTOM PANEL, AN ELONGATED NARROW PANEL, A SECONDSIDE WALL PANEL, A SECOND TOP PANEL, AND AN END PANEL CONNECTED ONMUTUALLY PARALLEL FOLD LINES, SAID END PANEL INCLUDING OPPOSITE SIDEMARGINS HAVING A SECURING PANEL HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT EACH OF SAID SIDEMARGINS OF SAID END PANEL, SAID SECOND TOP PANEL INCLUDING OPPOSITE SIDEMARGINS HAVING A CLOSING PANEL HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID SIDEMARGINS OF SAID SECOND TOP PANEL, SAID SECOND SIDE WALL PANEL AT THE ENDCLOSEST TO SAID SECOND TOP PANEL INCLUDING OPPOSITE SEGMENTAL SIDEMARGINS HAVING HINGEDLY CONNECTED THERETO AN ADDITIONAL SECURING PANELAT EACH SAID SEGMENTAL SIDE MARGINS OF SAID SECOND TOP PANEL, ANDLOCKING ELEMENTS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE FREE END OF SAID TOP PANEL.